Deaths From Sudan War Likely Surpass 61,000, Study Finds

More than 61,000 people died in Sudan’s Khartoum state during the first 14 months of the nation’s civil war; far surpassing previous estimates, according to a new study by researchers in the UK and Sudan. The report was published on Nov. 13 by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Sudan Research Group and funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). Researchers found that approximately 61,202 people were likely killed in the capital of Khartoum between April 15, 2023—when the fighting between the army and a paramilitary group began—and June 4, 2024....